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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) _ The night before she played for the Olympic women's hockey gold medal, Amanda Kessel looked at her phone and saw text messages from her brother, Phil, offering encouragement.

"Just, 'Proud of you no, matter what,' and he believes in me," Kessel said.

Kessel hadn't yet checked her phone in the minutes after she and the United States beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout for the gold medal in an instant classic between the sport's two powerhouses.

Amanda Kessel was one of three U.S. players to score on Canada goalie Shannon Szabados in the shootout, making a difference four years after she was injured during the Sochi Games.

"It's just battling through a lot," Kessel said. "Our entire team battled through a lot. You can't see it on the outside, but the heart that every single girl has on this team, I knew we had it within us to win."

Amanda Kessel now has one more goal medal than Phil, who took home silver while playing for the United States in Vancouver in 2010, when it lost to Canada on Sidney Crosby's golden goal.

Phil Kessel won the Stanley Cup the past two seasons with Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Asked if this meant she had one up on her brother, Amanda Kessel said: "I don't know. Maybe we're even."

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's skiing federation has banned for life two male mogul skiers who competed at the Pyeongchang Olympics for harassing and assaulting two female teammates at a World Cup event last week in Japan.

The federation notified Choi Jae-woo and Kim Ji-hyun of their bans earlier this week, an official from the Korea Ski Association said Thursday.

Choi and Kim can appeal the bans to the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee within a week, said the official, who didn't want to be named, citing office rules.

MIAMI (AP) — An American freestyle skier who made headlines when he shared a televised kiss with his boyfriend after his Olympic run will serve as the 2018 grand marshal for Miami Beach Gay Pride next month.